Holding spots but someone wants immediate care...

[Inspired by Reggio]

Personally no - I have never done that ... however I learned with my very first client on why you do NOT hold a space no matter how 'nice' someone seems at the beginning cause she paid her deposit and two weeks up front for two kids which was awesome ... and proceeded to than delay starting the two kids for 6 weeks pleading family emergency and so forth and me being a SUCKER giving the benefit of the doubt and being KIND let her. Than she called on the Friday before they were to start tried to TERMINATE cause she got into a centre based childcare program that would better meet their long term needs and it was going to be ready in two weeks and no point in starting the boys yada yada please give me back my money since I wont need your service ... and when I reminder her that based on her contract her 'security deposit' was non refundable and could only be applied to last two weeks of care and I would not be making an exception since I was already out the 6 weeks of income for having held the spot for her .... she SENT the kids to help them get 'use to being away from her' to get her monies worth ... so basically I lost out on 6 weeks of income for being 'kind' and I got to 'break in' her boys to the world of group care AND not even a thank you cause she was PISSY at me for standing my ground about the deposit which made me a bitch

If I was going to change my mind I would for SURE return the deposit since I would have no right to keep it since it was ME breaking the contract!